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... causes so many to come short of true and saving conversion . There are some who plead the very greatness of God , or the absolute inde- pendence of his being , as a protection to them in their trespasses , arguing as if it were beneath ...
... causes so many to come short of true and saving conversion . There are some who plead the very greatness of God , or the absolute inde- pendence of his being , as a protection to them in their trespasses , arguing as if it were beneath ...
Page xix
... cause of the evil of which you complain , is a culpable ignorance of yourself , in one or more important parti- culars . You are sound enough in all essential points of evangelical belief ; you cling , with something like desperation ...
... cause of the evil of which you complain , is a culpable ignorance of yourself , in one or more important parti- culars . You are sound enough in all essential points of evangelical belief ; you cling , with something like desperation ...
Page xx
... cause , at least a very likely one , for all your want of success in the prose- cution of holiness . This one passion , which , al- though restrained , is not subdued , exerts all the in- fluence of a ruling passion within you ...
... cause , at least a very likely one , for all your want of success in the prose- cution of holiness . This one passion , which , al- though restrained , is not subdued , exerts all the in- fluence of a ruling passion within you ...
Page xxvii
... cause of this want of enjoyment ? it is easy to answer , in a general way , that it is sin deadening the affec- tions , and defeating the influence of religious truth ; and to the Christian professor who utters the com- plaint , we ...
... cause of this want of enjoyment ? it is easy to answer , in a general way , that it is sin deadening the affec- tions , and defeating the influence of religious truth ; and to the Christian professor who utters the com- plaint , we ...
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... cause of it is , sin in your heart , and , of course , in your life . But you reply , that although this may be true in general , yet you know not any particular sin , or class of sins , to which the evil can be fairly traced . Well ...
... cause of it is , sin in your heart , and , of course , in your life . But you reply , that although this may be true in general , yet you know not any particular sin , or class of sins , to which the evil can be fairly traced . Well ...
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Page 226 - For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Page 79 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 116 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 223 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, (for he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sin,) that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Page 78 - That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
Page 306 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Page 76 - Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith ; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates ? 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
Page 243 - For the grave cannot praise thee, Death cannot celebrate thee : They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day : The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page 305 - For the Lord GOD will help me ; therefore shall I not be confounded : therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Page 300 - Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth : Both young men, and maidens; old men and children: let them praise the name of the Lord: For his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.